Tactics Articles

You Might Have More Use For One Than You Think When the first laser rangefinders hit the market, it was like a snowball just starting to roll downhill. Little did we know how “knowing the exact yardage” would change the way we hunt and the tools we use. From the time...

Enough With All of This Politically Correct Elk Talk; It’s Time to Bugle Aggressively In today’s world, we’re so bound by political correctness that we’ve changed the way we talk and act. We’re taught to not be aggressive or say inflammatory things that may hurt...

10 Tips for Minimizing Variables that Undermine Performance Like a fine automobile, your shooting needs a tune-up now and then to keep driving arrows home without fail. Run through this checklist and see if there might be a few improvements you can make right now to...

If You Have the Element of Surprise, It’s Best to Keep It As I crested the 9500-foot ridge on September 30, I was feeling deflated. I had made a long climb in the dark up one of the steepest mountains in the area, and as I crested the ridge, I was expecting to...

One Slip of the Hand Can Turn a Good Situation Bad Instantly There is never a good time to cut yourself, but doing it in the backcountry – far from a hospital – is one of the worst times. I’ve done it and I know many friends who have done it to varying...

Hypothermia Can Simultaneously Rob Your Mind as Well as Your Body I had gotten myself into a predicament. I was alone at just over 13,000 feet on December 2, hurriedly skinning my bighorn ram that I had taken the afternoon before. The wind was blowing a steady 20-30...